Life expectancy at birth in Australia/New Zealand was 81.0 years in 2006: 83.3 for women and 78.7 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 164,006 people died; 79.5% of them were 65 or older and 1.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

81.0

Women

83.3

Men

78.7

Life expectancy at 65

19.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

4.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

5.7

Deaths

164,006

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	4.26	5.47	83.3	78.7
1-4	0.21	0.23	82.7	78.2
5-9	0.09	0.12	78.7	74.2
10-14	0.09	0.14	73.8	69.3
15-19	0.29	0.58	68.8	64.3
20-24	0.32	0.83	63.9	59.5
25-29	0.33	0.82	59.0	54.8
30-34	0.41	1.03	54.1	50.0
35-39	0.65	1.18	49.2	45.2
40-44	0.98	1.64	44.3	40.5
45-49	1.56	2.42	39.6	35.8
50-54	2.27	3.55	34.8	31.2
55-59	3.47	5.53	30.2	26.7
60-64	5.41	8.99	25.7	22.4
65-69	8.57	14.73	21.3	18.3
70-74	14.84	24.42	17.1	14.5
75-79	26.56	42.72	13.3	11.0
80-84	50.44	77.27	9.8	8.0
85-89	97.13	135.33	6.8	5.6
90-94	180.43	229.81	4.6	3.9
95-99	303.70	358.93	3.1	2.7
100+	474.36	520.43	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Australia/New Zealand by year

Mortality in Australia/New Zealand, 2006

Year

Country